Many Senate Democrats are digging in their heels against a stopgap bill to fund the government. But with a shutdown looming, their chances of scuttling it appear to be diminishing.

With funding set to run out at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, several more Senate Democrats remain non-committal while others publicly declared they would not vote for the short-term Republican budget bill.

The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending measure to pass ahead of a Friday night deadline. There is still time for a reversal.